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We are once again partnering with the Moreira Salles Institute in Brazil to bring Hora de Clarice (Clarice's Hour) to New York, a global celebration of Clarice Lispector's birthday.

You are invited to celebrate her life and work at the Brazilian Consulate in New York. 2024 marks the 60th anniversary of the publication of The Passion According to G.H., one of Clarice’s masterpieces and the inspiration for Group Dot BR's upcoming production, The Passion According to Janair, by Ana Carbatti. In the play, we tell the story of Janair, G.H.'s invisible maid, whose room serves as the novel's main setting.

At this year’s Hora de Clarice, we will present performances from The Passion According to G.H. by Andressa Furletti and Debora Balardini, screen excerpts from the staged reading of The Passion According to Janair, and follow with a panel discussion.

Art and books will be available for sale, perfect for holiday gifts and support the production of The Passion According to Janair in 2025.

THIS EVENT WILL BE HOSTED IN PORTUGUESE WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION

HORA DE CLARICE - NY
December 10th from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Doors open at 5:30 PM and we encourage you to get there early to explore a surprise we're preparing for you!


At the Consulate General of Brazil in NY
(225 E 41st St, New York, NY 10017)

 

Tickets are free, but we invite you to make a donation to help us cover the cost of the event. We appreciate your support!

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More about Clarice Lispector

Clarice Lispector (1920–1977) was a Ukrainian-born Brazilian novelist and short story writer, celebrated for her innovative and introspective literary style. Born to a Jewish family in Ukraine, she moved to Brazil as an infant to escape the pogroms. Lispector gained national fame at 23 with her debut novel Near to the Wild Heart, which introduced a revolutionary narrative style in Brazil.

After spending years abroad following her marriage to a diplomat, she returned to Rio de Janeiro, publishing several acclaimed works, including The Passion According to G.H. and Family Ties. Despite enduring significant pain after an accident in 1966, she continued writing until her death in 1977.

Her works, characterized by their deep exploration of intimacy and the human psyche, have since garnered international recognition. In recent years, a new wave of translations and a biography by Benjamin Moser have cemented her status as one of the most important Jewish writers since Franz Kafka.

"Sentence by sentence, page by page, Lispector is exhilaratingly, arrestingly strange, but her perceptions come so fast, veer so wildly between the mundane and the metaphysical, that after a while you don’t know where you are, either in the book or in the world."

The Passion According to Janair

The Passion According to Janair draws inspiration from Clarice Lispector's novel The Passion According to G.H. and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man. The play tells the story of Janair, a black maid who is invisible to her boss and the society she lives in. 

 

Janair's existence is revealed in her tiny room in a luxurious penthouse in Rio de Janeiro. This revelation empowers her to become an observer, assessing the ways of her challengers. The play combines physical theater, text and music to depict the hypocrisy of the socially defined role of the maid and the search for the self in a desperate attempt to build an identity.

 

The play highlights the intersectionality of gender, race, and social roles in the context of inequalities and institutionalized racism. The project aims to give voice to the struggles of being a black, invisible woman. 

In 2023, Group Dot BR presented a staged reading of The Passion According to Janair at The Tank, receiving an outpouring of praise and enthusiasm. Now, we are actively fundraising to bring this urgent and powerful play to its full debut in New York.

"One morning, finding herself between lovers and without a housemaid, she sets out to clean the maid's room at the back of the apartment. What she encounters there so shocks her it sets off a quest for self-knowledge that makes up the rest of the book."

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Award Nominations from 2017's Event

Five finalists at the Brazilian International
Press Awards 2018

 

Clarice's Hour

Nominated Best Cultural Event

Group.BR

Nominated Best Cultural Institution

Andressa Furletti

Nominated Best Actress

Yasmin Santana

Nominated Best Actress

Fabiana Mattedi

Nominated Best Actress

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